Combined deflector and screen.



No. 706,440. Patented Aug. 5, I902. C. R. McCLUEB.

COIBIIED DEFL EOTOR AND SCREEN.

(In Iodal.)

UNITED ST TE PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES R. McCLUER, or cI-nc eo, rLmnors, ASSIGNQR or ONE-HALF TOCHARLES E. oorncvgor oHroAe i -LmoIs.

COMBINED oEFLEoToR AND scalar-1N.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,440, dated Au ust5, 19oz.

Application filed January 13, 1902. Serial No. 89,569. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. MCCLUER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have 5invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in a Combined DeflectorandScreen; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which 10, it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification. My invention relates in general to a device forpreventing the entrance of dust, cinders, &c. through open car-windows,and more particularly to a combined deflector and screen;

It is customary toprovide railroad passenger-cars with deflectorsadapted to be removably inserted beneath the sashes of open windows andto project outwardly to intercept cinders and dust and also to provideremovable screens to cover the opening beneath the open windows. Thedeflectors and screens are commonly made separate and are notordinarilyboth'used at once.

The object of my invention is to more fully protect the interior of acar from ingress of cinders and dust than is possible by the sepa rateuse of a deflector or screen.

0 My invention, generally stated, consists in a combined deflector andscreen adapted for simultaneous use to prevent the entrance of cindersand dust through an open car-window.

My invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference tothe accompanying drawings,.inwhich the same is illustrated as embodied:ina convenient and practical form, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof, and Fig.3 a plan view showing the same folded up.

Similar reference characters are used to designate similar parts in theseveral figures of the drawings. e

Reference letter A indicates a windowscreen of any desiredconstruction-such, for instance, asiscorhmonlynsed in passengercars toprevent the admission of cinders through the open space below a raisedwindow. The screen is shown as consisting in two sectionsA' and Asecured together by hinges a. Each section consists in a framesurrounding an open-work material a a usually a fine mesh wire screen.

Even a screen of fine niesh will permit dust to sift through to theinterior of a car, owing very largely to the impactof the dust andcinders against thescreen coming from the direction of the engine whenthe car is in motion. In order to prevent the dust and cinders fromreaching the outer surface of the screen, I provide a deflector B, whichprojects at substantiallyright angles to the path of movement of thecar, and consequently intercepts the' 'ci'nders which come from thelocomotive and would otherwise be forced against the exterior of thescreen.

The deflector B is preferably made of sheet metal, which may beconveniently secured to one end of the screen, so as to project atsubstantially right angles therefrom, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1and 2 of the drawings. The deflector may be secured to the screen in anydesired manner, preferably, however, by

hinges which will permit the deflector to be swung against the adjacentsection of the screen when the same is not in use, so that it may befolded into a compact form, as shown in Fig. 3. I have shown the hingesas consisting in brackets o c, fastened to the outer surface of the endof one of the sections of the screen and provided with registeringopenings in which are seated the ends of a rod 0. Portions b b ofthedeflector B are bent around the rod 0,,adjacent to the brackets o 0,thereby securely but pivotally connecting the deflector to thescreen-section A A spring D, which for convenience is shown as acoil-spring,'surroun'ds the central portion of the rod 0 and engages atits opposite ends with the deflector B and the frame of the screen Athereby tending to swing the de flector outwardly with respect to thescreen.

Lugs c 0, preferably formed integral with the brackets c c, extend intothe path of movement of the deflector, so as to limit the outwardmovement of the same when it has reached a position substantially atright anglesto the plane of the screen.

The operation and manner of using my invention are as follows: When thewindow is raised, the sections of the, screen are inserted between thewindow-sill and the bottom of the Window-sash in the usual manner. Theend of the screen at which is located the deflector isplaced at the sideof the window toward the engine, sothat the deflectorwill projectoutwardlyin position to intercept cinders, dust, &c., which approach thescreen from the direction in which the car is moving. The spring D tendsto retain the deflector in the position where it engages the lugs o c,

'but'permits the deflector to be swung toward the screen when it engagesan object adjacent to the car and which would otherwise either break orforcibly remove the deflector from the car. When it is desired tolowerthe window, the screen is removed and folded in the position shown inFig. 3, which is permitted by swinging the deflector against theadjacent section of the screen, where it is retained by the weight ofthe other section of the screen when folded back upon the first section.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that I have produceda combined window-screen and deflector which may be readily placedbeneath an open window, so as to fully protect the interior of the carfrom the ingress ofcinders and dust, and which when not in use may befolded into a compact and convenient form for storage.

While I have described more or less precisely the details ofconstruction, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto,as I contemplate changes in form, the proportion of parts, and thesubstitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or renderexpedient without departing from the spirit of my invention.

and said deflector tending to maintain the de-.

flector in a plane at substantially right angles to said screen, butpermitting said deflector to fold against the screen.

2. The combination with a removable win: dow-screen comprising hingedsections adapted to be folded upon each other when the .screen isremoved from the window, of a dedow-screen for car-windows, of adeflector pivotally secured thereto, lugs projecting from said screen,and a spring interposed between said screen and'said deflector tendingto retain the deflector in contact with said lugs, butpermitting thedeflector to fold against the screen.

4:. The combination with a removable window-screen, of a deflector,hinges pivotally securing said deflector to said screen, integral lugson said hinges projecting at substantially right angles to the plane ofthe screen, and a spring interposed between said screen and saiddeflector tending to-retain the deflector in contact with said lugs, butpermitting the deflector to fold against the screen.

5. The combination with awindow-screen, of a deflector, brackets securedto said screen, integral lugs projecting from said brackets, a rodsupported by said brackets around which portions of the deflector arebent, a spring surrounding said rod and engaging said deflector and saidscreen whereby the former is maintained in contact with said lugs.

In testimony whereof I sign this speciflca- Y tion in the presence oftwowitnesses.

CHAS. R. MCOLUER.

Witnesses:

GEO. L. WILKINSON, CLARA C. CUNNINGHAM.

